Synonyms of bums

bums 1 of 3

noun (1)

plural of bum

as in cheeks

the part of the body upon which someone sits

I decided to get off my bum and get some exercise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheeks
• seats
• tails
• rumps
• behinds
• bottoms
• butts
• fannies
• backsides
• buns
• buttocks
• posteriors
• tushes
• breeches
• cans
• haunches
• heinies
• hams
• nates
• keisters
• booties
• hunkers
• cabooses
• rears
• duffs
• rear ends
• derrieres
• tail ends
• fundaments
• beams
• sterns
• moons

bums

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noun (2)

plural of bum

1

as in beggars

an idle worthless person

if you expect an allowance, you have to do some chores and stop being such a bum

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beggars
• derelicts
• hoboes
• dodgers
• vagrants
• slackers
• no-goods
• no-accounts
• good-for-nothings
• tramps
• no-goodniks
• do-nothings
• ne'er-do-wells
• drifters
• vagabonds
• panhandlers
• transients
• waifs
• urchins
• ragamuffins
• shirkers
• paupers
• loafers
• idlers
• roamers
• sundowners
• sluggards
• indigents
• slouches
• goldbricks
• slugs
• lazybones
• down-and-outs
• drones
• gamines

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• successes
• winners

2

as in hoboes

a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living

I feel sorry for bums and occasionally give them money

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beggars
• hoboes
• tramps
• vagrants
• vagabonds
• transients
• derelicts
• swagmen
• swaggies
• drifters
• sundowners
• bummers
• dodgers
• panhandlers
• mendicants
• bindle stiffs
• urchins
• waifs
• stiffs
• roamers
• shirkers
• slackers
• ragamuffins
• malingerers
• gamines

bums

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verb

present tense third-person singular of bum

as in lounges

to spend time doing nothing

spent most of the summer just bumming around the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lounges
• loafs
• lazies
• lazes
• chills
• rests
• plays
• goofs (off)
• strolls
• lolls
• kicks back
• fools
• dawdles
• idles
• hangs (around or out)
• kills time
• messes
• pokes
• hangs about
• drones
• relaxes
• monkeys
• hacks (around)
• footles
• dillydallies
• mucks
• dallies
• twiddles one's thumbs
• vegges out
• kicks around
• lingers
• piddles
• loiters
• fiddles (around)
• dozes
• trifles
• estivates
• hibernates
• lags
• swans
• saunters
• potters (around)
• putters (around)
• truants
• ambles
• malingers
• goldbricks
• moseys
• tarries
• furloughs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slaves
• humps
• works
• sweats
• pegs
• plows
• plugs
• hustles
• grubs
• grinds
• labors
• toils
• plods
• drudges
• applies
• buckles (down)
• travails
• moils
• exerts
• puts out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bums

Noun

Within the often zany and slapstick realm of Bob’s Burgers, Tina still manages to steal the show with her singular voice, romantic fantasies, and obsessions with unicorns and boy bums. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026

Kennedy’s Albany is a vital, violent place, a hothouse of gangsters, pool hustlers, bums, crooked politicians, and showgirls. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

For families Apart from the family-sized villa estates and kid-friendly menus, Nihi has a host of activities that will please even the youngest beach bums. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Aug. 2026

The Coliseum stayed in business for 500 years, bums in seats twice a week, watching people hack each other to death. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

History buffs, avid hikers, music lovers, wine aficionados, and beach bums will all find a town to love in the Old Dominion. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 May 2026

For ski bums looking to hit the Colorado slopes without slogging through I-70 traffic, there’s no better destination than Winter Park. — Sarah Cahalan, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026

Expensive trip to modern backcountry huts Backcountry skiing is no longer just for ski bums. — Sacbee.com, 28 Feb. 2026

And, then, of course, the park was full of bums like us. — Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026

Verb

The joy Lisa has with her RHUGT cast compared with the dread her RHOSLC cast seems to bring her really bums me out — especially because of how much of this trip is championing the sisterhood of Housewives. — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026

Critical thinking really bums them out. — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026

The cranky and irritating backseat driver, who bums a lift midway through the Griswolds' adventure, also has with her the easily excitable pooch Dinky. — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2025

The only thing that bums me and Michael out is all the stuff that got cut for time. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019